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Food Blog: Article

Smarter snacks for schools

December 16, 2019
By Shannon Klisch
Our food environment (what we have access to around us to eat and drink) greatly influences what we consume.
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photos by Erin Mahaney
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Amaryllis belladonna: Naked Lady

December 16, 2019
Who says California doesn't have seasons? The appearance of the Naked Lady (Amaryllis belladonna) in August has always signaled the waning days of summer vacation for me.
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Tracy Kahn

Which Lemon Rootstock?

December 16, 2019
By Ben A Faber
On Thursday, October 17, 2019 the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) held a Lemon Rootstock and Scion workshop and field tour in Santa Paula, California.
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Foliage and fruit of broadleaf mistletoe.<br>(Credit: Jack Kelly Clark)
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Underneath the Mistletoe

December 15, 2019
Mistletoe is a familiar sight of the season, often found wrapped in ribbon and hung for certain festivities this time of year. But did you know it is actually a parasitic plant that grows on a number of landscape trees in California? There are two types of mistletoe in California.
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Consult CNPS for natives to plant in your garden (CNPS
Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

Plant for Pollinators.

December 14, 2019
By Penny Pawl, U. C. Master Gardener of Napa County Winter is a perfect time to start planning the pollinator garden you will create in the spring. Start by deciding just where you would like to put the garden.
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Jill Oberski's infographic in the SysEB section: “Discovery and Diversity: The Importance of Systematic Entomology in Today’s World.”
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Jill Oberski, Hanna Kahl Excel at ESA Meeting

December 13, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Two doctoral students in the UC Department of Entomology and Nematology excelled in their research presentations at the recent meeting of the Entomological Society of America in St. Louis, Mo.
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The Indian domino cockroach is part of the live "petting zoo" at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Seeing Spots at the Bohart Museum of Entomology

December 13, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When you visit the Bohart Museum of Entomology on the UC Davis campus, you're likely to see spots. That would be the Indian domino cockroach, Therea petiveriana, also variously called the desert cockroach or seven-spotted cockroach.
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This year's UC Linnaean Games Team included (from left) Hanna Kahl, Jill Oberski, Brendon Boudinot and Ralph Washington Jr. (ESA Photo)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Scenes from the 2019 Linnaean Games at ESA Meeting

December 13, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Members of the national award-winning University of California Linnaean Games Team competed in the Linnaean Games at the recent Entomological Society of America (ESA) meeting in St. Louis, Mo., but this time they didn't take home a trophy. The team was eliminated in the first round.
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UC Davis doctoral candidate Brendon Boudinot walks on stage to receive the John Henry Comstock Award, given by the Pacific Branch, Entomolgical Society of America. (ESA Photo)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Brendon Boudinot Receives John Henry Comstock Award

December 13, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Doctoral candidate and ant specialist Brendon Boudinot of the Phil Ward lab received the prestigious John Henry Comstock Award at the Entomological Society of America's recent annual meeting, held in St. Louis, Mo. Each branch of ESA singles out one graduate student for the coveted award.
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